Socioeconomic Variation in Attitudes to Eating and Weight in Female Adolescents

Health Psychology

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 275-282

  Wardle, Jane ^a   Robb, Kathryn A ^a   Johnson, Fiona ^a   Griffith, Jayne ^a   Power, Chris ^b   Brunner, Eric ^a   Tovée, Martin ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Body image; Restraint; Socioeconomic status; Weight

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENCE; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; BODY IMAGE; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; NORMAL HUMAN; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ATTITUDE; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; OBESITY; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SOMATOFORM DISORDERS;

EID: 2142773198     PISSN: 02786133     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0278-6133.23.3.275     Document Type: Article

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